Keith Bromage (8 November 1937 – 26 June 2024) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er. He played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in his

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(VFL) career. When he debuted against Richmond in 1953 at 15 years and 287 days of age, he was thought to be the youngest debutant in the history of the game. However, in 2012 it was discovered that Claude Clough was aged 15 years and 209 days when he made his debut for in May 1900. Bromage moved to Fitzroy in 1958, and was the VFL reserves leading goalkicker in 1959, with 66 goals. From 1962 to 1965 he was captain-coach of

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. In 1968, while playing for Dimboola, he was the leading goal-kicker for the

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. Bromage died of brain cancer on 26 June 2024, age the age of 86.Vale Fred Smith and Keith Bromage
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* 1937 births 2024 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club players Dimboola Football Club players Manuka Football Club players Deaths from cancer in Western Australia Deaths from brain cancer in Australia 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub